The Giants won three close games at home against the Reds, the last two coming by one run. San Francisco won game two in 10 innings, then scored a couple of late runs to win the finale. The three victories put the Giants 30 games ahead of .500 after 68 games, and nine wins ahead of pace.
sim 49-19, actual 40-28
June 16 — sim W 4-2 — actual L 5-4
June 17 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 8-1
June 18 — sim W 3-2 — actual W 2-1
June 16: Will Clark drove in all four Giant runs, as he hit a two-run homer in the third inning and added a two-RBI single in the seventh. Rick Reuschel gave up one run in 7 2/3 innings to improve to 10-1 in 16 starts. Paul O’Neill homered to lead off the ninth and the Reds got the tying run to the plate, but Craig Lefferts recovered to get the final three outs.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (4) 1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Chris Sabo 4 0 1 0 Brett Butler 3 2 1 0 Todd Benzinger 4 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 4 1 2 0 Barry Larkin 4 0 0 0 Will Clark 4 1 2 4 Paul ONeill 3 1 2 1 Kevin Mitchell 3 0 0 0 Ken Griffey Sr 2 0 1 1 Ernest Riles 4 0 1 0 Rolando Roomes 4 0 0 0 Candy Maldonado 4 0 1 0 Jeff Reed 4 0 0 0 Terry Kennedy 4 0 1 0 Lenny Harris 4 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 0 0 Rick Mahler CZ 2 0 0 0 Rick Reuschel BZ 3 0 1 0 Eric Davis 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 31 2 5 2 TOTALS 32 4 9 4 1989 CINCINNATI REDS 000 100 001 -- 2 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 002 000 20x -- 4 LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 6, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6. 2B--Chris Sabo, Paul ONeill, Candy Maldonado. 3B--Brett Butler, Robby Thompson. HR--Paul ONeill, Will Clark. SACF--Ken Griffey Sr. SB--Robby Thompson. 1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Rick Mahler CZ [L] 6.67 8 4 4 2 5 1 Norm Charlton BXY 0.33 0 0 0 0 1 0 John Franco BY 1.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Rick Reuschel BZ [W] 7.67 4 1 1 2 4 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [S] 1.33 1 1 1 1 1 1 SO--Barry Larkin (2), Rolando Roomes (2), Paul ONeill, Rick Reuschel BZ (2), Candy Maldonado, Kevin Mitchell, Robby Thompson, Ernest Riles. BB--Eric Davis, Paul ONeill, Ken Griffey Sr, Brett Butler, Kevin Mitchell.
June 17: The Giants scored twice in the first on an RBI single by Will Clark and a sacrifice fly by Kevin Mitchell, but they wouldn’t score for another nine innings. Cincinnati tied it on a two-RBI single by Rolando Roomes in the third. In the bottom of the 10th, Brett Butler led off with a single. After a sacrifice bunt, a walk and an error loaded the bases. Candy Maldonado provided a successful suicide squeeze for the walk-off victory.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3)
1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI
Chris Sabo 5 0 1 0 Brett Butler 5 2 2 0
Todd Benzinger 5 1 1 0 Robby Thompson 3 1 0 0
Barry Larkin 4 1 0 0 Will Clark 4 0 1 1
Eric Davis 5 0 2 0 Kevin Mitchell 4 0 1 1
Rolando Roomes 5 0 2 2 Candy Maldonado 4 0 0 1
Paul ONeill 4 0 2 0 Greg Litton 3 0 1 0
Bo Diaz 4 0 1 0 Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0
Lenny Harris 4 0 2 0 Kirt Manwaring 4 0 2 0
Danny Jackson DY 2 0 0 0 Jose Uribe 3 0 1 0
Luis Quinones 1 0 0 0 Dennis Cook DYZ 1 0 1 0
Ernest Riles 0 0 0 0
Donell Nixon 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 39 2 11 2 TOTALS 33 3 9 3
1989 CINCINNATI REDS 002 000 000 0 -- 2
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 200 000 000 1 -- 3
LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 9, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 10.
ERR--Barry Larkin, Lenny Harris, Mike LaCoss CB. HBP--Barry
Larkin. SACF--Kevin Mitchell. SACB--Danny Jackson DY, Jose
Uribe, Dennis Cook DYZ, Candy Maldonado, Robby Thompson.
SB--Rolando Roomes, Eric Davis.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR
Danny Jackson DY 8.00 7 2 2 2 6 0
Tim Birtsas DCXZ [L] 1.33 2 1 1 1 2 0
1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Dennis Cook DYZ 7.00 9 2 2 0 6 0
Mike LaCoss CB 2.00 2 0 0 0 2 0
Goose Gossage BY [W] 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
SO--Eric Davis, Danny Jackson DY (2), Paul ONeill, Luis
Quinones, Todd Benzinger (3), Kevin Mitchell, Greg Litton,
Robby Thompson (2), Kirt Manwaring (2), Ken Oberkfell,
Donell Nixon. BB--Robby Thompson, Will Clark, Ernest Riles.
June 18: The Giants took an early lead on Kevin Mitchell’s 23rd home run, a solo shot in the second inning. The Reds tied it in the third on Rolando Roomes’ RBI single. It stayed 1-1 until the bottom of the eighth. With two outs and runners on first and second, Ernest Riles and Pat Sheridan had back-to-back RBI singles. This was Sheridan’s debut after he was traded by Detroit for Tracy Jones. The Reds got one back in the top of the ninth on a home run by Todd Benzinger, but Craig Lefferts got the next two outs for the win.
1989 CINCINNATI REDS (2) AT 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (3) 1989 CINCINNATI REDS AB R H BI 1989 SAN FRANCISCO G AB R H BI Luis Quinones 4 1 2 0 Brett Butler 4 0 1 0 Todd Benzinger 5 1 2 1 Robby Thompson 4 1 0 0 Barry Larkin 5 0 2 0 Will Clark 3 0 0 0 Eric Davis 4 0 1 0 Kevin Mitchell 3 2 1 1 Rolando Roomes 4 0 1 1 Ernest Riles 4 0 2 1 Paul ONeill 4 0 0 0 Pat Sheridan 4 0 1 1 Bo Diaz 4 0 1 0 Terry Kennedy 2 0 0 0 Lenny Harris 4 0 1 0 Jose Uribe 2 0 0 0 Jose Rijo CX 3 0 1 0 Atlee Hammaker DZ 2 0 0 0 Joel Youngblood 1 0 0 0 Ken Oberkfell 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 2 11 2 TOTALS 29 3 5 3 1989 CINCINNATI REDS 001 000 001 -- 2 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 010 000 02x -- 3 LOB--1989 CINCINNATI REDS 10, 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS 6. ERR--Lenny Harris. 2B-- Bo Diaz. HR--Todd Benzinger, Kevin Mitchell. SB--Lenny Harris. 1989 CINCINNATI REDS IP H R ER BB SO HR Jose Rijo CX [L] 7.67 4 3 3 4 8 1 Norm Charlton BXY 0.33 1 0 0 0 0 0 1989 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS Atlee Hammaker DZ 7.00 10 1 1 1 3 0 Craig Lefferts BYZ [W] 2.00 1 1 1 0 0 1 SO--Barry Larkin, Eric Davis, Todd Benzinger, Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Brett Butler, Robby Thompson, Will Clark (2), Pat Sheridan (2). BB--Luis Quinones, Jose Uribe, Terry Kennedy, Kevin Mitchell, Will Clark.
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